You’re having me on – that’s not really true, is it?›(also have got on) to be busy with

etwas vorhaben

Have you (got) anything on this afternoon?have to( alsohave got to)›to be obliged to (do something)

müssen

I don’t want to do this, but I have toDo you have to go so soon?I’ve got to leavesoonYou didn’t have to do that, did you?have to do with (a person or thing)( alsohave got to do with)›to be of importance or concern to (a person or thing)

etwas zu tun haben mit

What have these letters to do with you?Your remarks have (got) nothing to do with the subject we are discussing.have up( usually withfor)›to make (a person) appear in court to answer some charge

jemanden belangen

He was had up for drunken driving.have what it takes( alsohave got what it takes)›to have the qualities or ability that one needs to do something

A reader of this blog recently asked for a post on idioms that are used in everyday English. This seemed like a reasonable request. After all, if you are going to make the effort to learn a set of English idioms, you want those idioms to be useful. The question, then, was

a robotic device which goes around the legs and part of the body of a person who cannot walk and allows them to move independently and in an upright position The device, known as an exoskeleton, is strapped to the outside of a person’s limbs and can then be controlled by them.